Around 10.20pm on Friday 4 December 2015, a 59-year-old man was crossing Manchester Road near the junction with Hollins Road when there was a collision involving a red Honda Jazz which was travelling away from the city centre.

PC Andy Benn from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit said: â€œThis is a tragic event leaving a family devastated so close to Christmas. They are being supported by specially trained officers at this difficult time.

â€œWe are keen to talk to those who witnessed the collision. In particular we would like to speak to the occupants of a...

After numerous surgeries both have now left hospital and are recovering but there is a long road ahead.

Like most young children in the lead up to Christmas, little Christian has written a letter to Santa with a list of presents that many others will ask for this year but with one heart breaking difference.

Top of his list is a request to Santa to help find the men who hurt him.

A police officer who was attacked after attending a call in New Moston has been discharged from hospital.
On Wednesday 25 November 2015 at 5.15pm, police were called to a domestic-related incident at an address on Warbeck Road in New Moston.

Police attended and after entering the property, one of the officers, a 37 year-old man, was attacked and sustained a serious head injury.

Taser was deployed and a 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of a serious assault.

The officer was treated at the scene and was taken to hospital for treatment.

An investigation into this matter is ongoing.

Chief Superintendent Wasim Chaudhry from GMPâ€™s North Manchester division said: â€œThankfully, on this occasion the police officer involved was not more seriously injured, but this incident demonstrates...

Statement from Chief Constable Lynne Owens regarding the announcement of her appointment as DG of the NCA

November 26, 2015, 12:10 pm

I am absolutely delighted to be selected to lead the National Crime Agency and I look forward to taking on this challenge.

â€œI intend to build on the outstanding contribution of the outgoing Director General, Keith Bristow, and all those in the Agency working, with partners, to cut serious and organised crime.

â€œThe threats to the UK from serious and organised crime are changing and the Agency will need to continue to build and flex its capabilities accordingly. Whether it be stemming the availability of illegal firearms, the fight against organised immigration crime, the threat presented by those who abuse children or the growth in cyber and economic crime, the work required is significant and I have no doubt the Agency can continue to rise to that challenge.

The investigation is on-going and police are offering a Â£50,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible.

The offender has been described as white and of slim build and was wearing a hat, possibly fisherman style, a face covering, a green or khaki long-sleeved top and combat style trousers tucked into black, lace-up boots. He was carrying a black gun.

Two PCSOs threatened with gun as they went to intervene in attack in Wigan

November 18, 2015, 2:59 pm

Two PCSOS were threatened by a man with a gun as they went to intervene in an attack in Wigan.
The incident happened shortly after 10pm on Thursday 12 November 2015, as two PCSOs were talking to two members of the public on Gidlow Lane, Wigan.

The two community support officers then saw a man being assaulted further up the road by another man.

As they ran towards the assault, shouting for the attacker to stop, the man pointed a hand gun at the officers and threatened them, ordering them not to come any closer.

Detective Sergeant Darren Nayler, from the Metâ€™s Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Command, said: â€œThe actions of Gold that day are truly shocking. He brutally and repeatedly raped a vulnerable elderly lady who believed she was safe in the home where she had lived for more than 20 years.